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1) Selma
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Covers the three-month period in 1965 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition.
Publisher
Community Family Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Living on the fault line explores the intersection of familial love and racial injustice in the experiences of transracial families created through adoption. An unflinching look at race in America, it is an intimate portrait that reveals the difficulties families face as children of color grow up in communities where racism and white privilege are unspoken and undeniable realities"--Container.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.
Series
Publisher
Citerion Collection
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Spec. ed
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Language
Français
Description
"...a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, specifically in the low-income banlieue districts on Paris' outskirts...a landmark of contemporary French cinema and a gripping reflection of its country's identity crisis"--Container
6) Mandela
Publisher
Palm Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD + 1 booklet + 1 map.
Language
English
Description
The Oscar-nominated documentary produced by Jonathan Demme. Includes: a full-length DVD on the life of Nelson Mandela; a CD featuring music from South Africa; a 48-page book; and a poster map.
7) Till
Publisher
Orion Releasing LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
[English/Spanish/French version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr tries to find her voice in order to stand up for what's right.
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sharp and funny comedy about a group of African-American students as they navigate campus life and racial boundaries at a predominately white college. A sly, provocative satire about being a black face in a white place.
10) Black or white
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a grandfather who is suddenly left to care for his beloved granddaughter, but when her paternal grandmother seeks custody with the help of her brother, the little girl is torn between two families who love her deeply. With the best intentions at heart, both families fight for what they feel is right and are soon forced to confront their true feelings about race, forgiveness, and understanding.
11) Loudmouth
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rabble rouser or activist? Opportunist or trailblazer? During his six-decade journey from pastoral prodigy to racial justice firebrand to elder media statesman, the Reverend Al Sharpton has been a polarizing figure on the national stage. It is the definitive look at his life and legacy, featuring President Barack Obama, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Senator Chuck Schumer.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he struggles to reconnect with his family and reconstruct the community he longs for, his hopes blind him to the reality of his situation.
Series
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
[DVD, Widescreen]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (463 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 Blu-ray discs (463 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An essential examination of the rise and fall of Orenthal James Simpson, and parallels between his incredible story with that of race in America. This critically-acclaimed documentary series reveals how he first became a football star, why America fell in love with him off the field, what happened in the trial for his ex-wife's murder, and finally, why he is now sitting in jail for another crime 20 years later.
14) Glory road
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Don Haskins, a future Hall of Fame coach of tiny Texas Western University, bucks convention by simply starting the best players he can find: history's first all-African American lineup.
15) Detroit
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (34 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In "Yo! yes" two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends; in "The island of the skog" in pursuit of freedom, a band of rowdies and their leader set sail to an island inhabited by a seemingly hostile Skog; in "Here comes the cat" a peaceful settlement of mice is threatened by the ominous shadow of a big cat.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The daughter of white liberal parents brings home her fiance, a distinguished black doctor. Both sets of parents are shocked in spite of themselves and must confront their true feelings about race.
18) Monsters and men
Language
English
Formats
Description
The aftermath of a black man being killing by a police officer. The story is told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act. A high school baseball phenomenon and an African-American police officer were inspired to take a stand.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the voices of the people who were there: police,...
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